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Slack.com slash DHQ. So what we face in our culture, our great trial is temptation. That's

our battle. And of course, every Christian across the world has to deal across history,

has to deal with temptation of one kind or another. But not every Christian has lived

or does live as we do now in a world and a culture, I should say, seemingly designed

with no other purpose than to tempt. So we're surrounded on all sides by this temptation.

Every time we go on our phones, every time we go online, you scroll down a newsfeed,

every time you turn on the TV, every time you walk outside of your home, every time you

enter into conversation with another person out in the world, every time we do anything

or go anywhere, we're subject to this intense, relentless, constant temptation, which is

why I'll sometimes hear Christians say that, well, we've got it easy here in this country,

comparison to Christians overseas who are persecuted. We're the ones who got the, we

got the easy end of the bargain, which is true physically. We have physically, we've

got it a lot easier. That's definitely true. Spiritually, we really don't, which is

why I would wager that in the end, if we're taking, if we're taking account here, if

we're counting heads, I think in the end, there are going to be far more Christians from

Middle East who suffer persecution. Far more of them are going to be in heaven than Christians

here, because our culture, this atmosphere is so effective at drawing Christians, lowering

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